The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness: Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society : Containing Rules for the Etiquette to be Observed in the Street, at Table, in the Ball Room, Evening Party, and Morning Call : with Full Directions for Polite Correspndence, Dress, Conversation, Manly Exercises, and Accomplishments : from the Best French, English, and American AuthoritiesG.W. Cottrell, 1860 - 332 sidor |
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... allowed to forget that you are a citizen of the world . ” A man of real intelligence and cultivated mind , is generally modest . He may feel when in every day society , that in intellectual acquirements he is above those around him ...
... allowed to forget that you are a citizen of the world . ” A man of real intelligence and cultivated mind , is generally modest . He may feel when in every day society , that in intellectual acquirements he is above those around him ...
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... allowed to have - much of the Gentleman . Plato , among the philosophers , was ' the most of a man of fashion ; and therefore allowed , at the court of Syracuse , to be the most of a Gentleman . But seriously , I ap- prehend that this ...
... allowed to have - much of the Gentleman . Plato , among the philosophers , was ' the most of a man of fashion ; and therefore allowed , at the court of Syracuse , to be the most of a Gentleman . But seriously , I ap- prehend that this ...
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... allowed of the superior liberties and privileges of a Gentleman . " If the lower set show a sense of common honesty and common order ; those who would figure in the world , think it incumbent to demonstrate that complaisance to ...
... allowed of the superior liberties and privileges of a Gentleman . " If the lower set show a sense of common honesty and common order ; those who would figure in the world , think it incumbent to demonstrate that complaisance to ...
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... allow you to speak to my servants in that way . If they are so remiss as to oblige you to ask for anything , do it gently , and in a low tone , and thank a servant just as much as you would his master . Ten to one he is as good a man ...
... allow you to speak to my servants in that way . If they are so remiss as to oblige you to ask for anything , do it gently , and in a low tone , and thank a servant just as much as you would his master . Ten to one he is as good a man ...
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... Well , here is the wine and dessert . Take whichever wine you like , but remember you must keep to that , and not change about . Before you go up stairs I will allow you a glass of sherry after your claret , but TABLE ETIQUETTE . 63.
... Well , here is the wine and dessert . Take whichever wine you like , but remember you must keep to that , and not change about . Before you go up stairs I will allow you a glass of sherry after your claret , but TABLE ETIQUETTE . 63.
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Sida 326 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade.
Sida 48 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Sida 45 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Sida 48 - For the King knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him ; for this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Sida 49 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it.
Sida 326 - Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy ; rich, not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that.
Sida 305 - When an awkward fellow first comes into a room, it is highly probable that his sword gets between his legs and throws him down, or makes him stumble, at least.
Sida 314 - ... abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is...
Sida 326 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Sida 307 - You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe, at once, all the people in the room, their motions, their looks, and their words, and yet without staring at them, and seeming to be an observer. This quick and unobserved observation is of infinite advantage in life, and is to be acquired with care ; and, on the contrary, what is called absence, which is...